We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about QB Kyler Murray.

The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team.

Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook.

This focuses on quarterback Kyler Murray.

Kyler Murray background, 2024 season

Murray enters his seventh season with the Cardinals. He was the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NFL draft and has been the starter since the beginning. He was Offensive Rookie of the Year and has been a two-time Pro Bowler. He led the Cardinals to the playoffs in 2021. While inconsistent from game to game, he has stretches looking like one of the best in the game and others were he is league average.

He did not miss a game last season for the first time since 2020. He completed 68.8% of his passes for 3,851 yards, 21 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. He also rushed for 572 yards and five touchdowns. He led three fourth-quarter comebacks and had three game-winning drives. Twice he led the Cardinals to a victory after they were trailing by more than a score in the second half.

Kyler Murray 2025 contract details, cap hit

Murray is signed through 2028. He will make $18 million in fully guaranteed salary and received a $11.9 million roster bonus earlier this year. His cap hit of $43.3 million is the largest on the team.

Questions he faces

The 2025 season is a critical one for Murray. He is over a year past his ACL surgery. He is in Year 3 in the same offensive system. He has a dynamic tight end in Trey McBride, a promising No. 1 receiver in Marvin Harrison Jr. and a great rushing attack. This year as well, the defense has been bolstered.

Can he return to the level of play he flashes and look like the 2021 first-half version of himself when he was MVP favorite? Many feel this is the year the Cardinals will decide whether to move on from Murray or to continue to ride with him, as he has seen late-season drops in production. Can he finish a season playing well? Can he lead this team to the playoffs like he did in 2021?

2025 roster outlook

Murray is a lock for the roster. He is the unquestioned starting quarterback. His spot on the roster is set. The Cardinals wouldn’t cut him with all the guaranteed money still on his contract and he would be very difficult to trade at this point. Additionally, they don’t have a plan behind him as Jacoby Brissett is not the answer to replace Murray, unless they want to be bad enough to draft a top quarterback prospect next year.

Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.